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The financial crisis could pave way to UBI which I assume will be digital
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...ersal-28417842
How would this work …. anyone ?
wales have already started a pilot scheme for young people in terms of basic income
https://gov.wales/wales-pilots-basic-income-scheme
Not being an economist I've always been very sceptical of UBI.
Surely, if everyone gets that same basic bottom line, that pushes everyone's standard of living higher, then rents get unaffordable etc and it's still people at the bottom who would still end up without enough to get by and in poverty?
Welfare state Britain already provides a universal basic income through dozens of benefit payments that are up for grabs depending on people's different circumstances. The State Pension is the costliest of all of them.